(CBS) In the latest episode of Survivor: The Amazon, the Jabaru posted a miserable two-challenge loss, giving the men a refrigerator full of Coke as well as immunity.

At the beginning of the show, part of the Jabaru formed an alliance, deciding to vote off JoAnna because of her strength, both physically and spiritually. The alliance included Deena, Heidi, Shawna and Jenna.

The first challenge, in which the reward was a refrigerator packed with Coke, involved building a fire and moving it several times to burn ropes and release the tribal banners. The women took an early lead, but the Tambaqui tribe caught up with their strong fire-building skills.

Back at the Jabaru camp, the loss left many survivors at their lowest point, particularly Shawna who was dehydrated and repeated over and over that she wanted out. This angered Deena and the other alliance members who knew that without Shawna, they wouldn't have the majority needed to vote JoAnna off.

The next challenge was an hour-long fishing fest. The two tribes duked it out at separate spots along the river to catch as many fish as possible. The men's bucket of fish outweighed the women's and they took the immunity idol as well as their trough of fish home for a barbeque.

At tribal council, the vote came down between JoAnna and Shawna. Shawna asked several tribe members to vote her off instead, but the alliance bet on Christy, the swing vote, to go after JoAnna.

On The Early Show Friday morning, JoAnna opened her interview with Co-Anchors Harry Smith and Julie Chen by chanting: "Hallelujah! O glory! Hallelujah! Amen!"

And that led Smith to ask her, "Do you think your faith may have cost you last night?"

JoAnna replied, "Oh, no. Not at all. Sometimes, when you lose, you really win, and sometimes when you win, you really lose."

So Chen wanted to know, "What did cost you?"

Said JoAnna, "Probably just being myself and having strong standards, and the things that I believe in. That's what I came for. I didn't really come for the million… I basically came to represent the person that I am and the faith that I have, and I did that."

Was she surprised, at tribal council, that she was the one who was voted off and not Shawna?

"I knew it was between me and Shawna," replied JoAnna, "because I didn't form any alliances with the majority of the tribe."

Why not?

"Some of the people in the tribe didn't have the same standards or philosophies about the game… A lot of them were there for other reasons, like, 'I'm beautiful. I want to show the world my body.' I just couldn't buy into that," JoAnna explained.

Smith pointed out, "There was this whole older women/younger women thing going on. It's portrayed as nasty on the show. Did it feel that nasty there in the Amazon?"

JoAnna said, "I was extremely unaware of the fact that there were people who thought that I thought, or Jeanne thought, that they were more beautiful than us or prettier, 'cause I don't feel that way. I'm not intimidated by them at all."

She added that she did not think their bodies are as nice as hers "in its natural state."

Concluded JoAnna, "My mother always taught me, 'Yes, JoAnna, you're beautiful. Yes, you have a nice body. But that's not going to make you. It's what's inside that's going to make you.'"

As her luxury item, JoAnn took with her a a picture of her mother, who died shortly before she left for the Amazon. "She was there to remind me, 'Don't lose your standards. Always have your character. Always have your integrity.'"

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